One of the best things about doing these newsletters and podcasts is the feedback that comes from those that read, those that listen and get in touch at newsletter@geoffthompson.com

Sometimes it’s to say hello, a message to be sent, a request for the call me a b*tch feature in the podcast. Sometimes it's something more substantive.

Whatever the reason this week an email came in with a story of true adversity we wanted to share and reminds me of Rudyard Kipling’s words.

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same…

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

Roger’s story is talked about in this week’s podcast and Geoff’s must read article ‘Flapping’ gives a lucid plan to overcome the adversity that can surround your everday life.

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This weeks "Must Read" article

Flapping

When the workers out there take their wild cats out of the cage and march on street with angry banners and piss-in-the-wind demands…. I lock the cat-cage, burn my banner and come back to me, the only place where demands are met, and their solutions found.

When the world out there is flapping, I go inside and I tighten my own game.

When the lazy and the lost sit on their ar** at home when they could be working, when they could be experiencing the joy of creation and an earned wage and the country buckles and staggers because they do not….

I stop being a voyeur of their sin, and instead add hours of labour to my own day, create more this week than last, and plan more for next week than this.